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Ho Chi Minh City records over 42,000 hand, foot, mouth disease cases

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Ho Chi Minh City records over 42,000 hand, foot, mouth disease cases

Ho Chi Minh City recorded 42,315 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease as of October 18, a 64.5-percent increase from the same period last year, with health authorities detecting 60 samples positive for Enterovirus 71 (EV71), a strain associated with severe illness and potentially fatal complications.

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